What's your favourite book?

[bladieblah]

Mine is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte :):nod
Here is the trailer for the film adaption from 2011:

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What's yours :)

[AlexandraD]

50 shades of grey... so scintillating!

...

just kiddinggg, i really liked "ghost world" and "looking for alaska". i used to like manga when i was younger, 'chobits' was a big favorite and so was 'monster' and 'full metal alchemist'.

more 'classic' books i like are 'of mice and men', 'catcher in the rye', 'the lottery', 'a good man is hard to find', 'jane eyre' (which is greatt), 'angelas ashes', 'wuthering heights', 'frankenstein', 'the scarlet letter' (a favourite :)), 'the picture of dorian grey', 'great expectations' (the 30's movie is wow), and so much more i can't remember.

i also looooove the hunger games, catching fire, and mockingjay c:

[Caismeachd]

Too hard of a question for me since I love reading. I can appreciate books for different reasons.

I like Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness just because of his mastery of writing. Especially considering he didn't learn English until his 20's. But his books are hard read for most people and won't keep people's attention unless they are patient.


Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil for reasons others probably know on here.


Russka and Sarum from Edward Rutherford. Excellent historical fiction.


Man's Search for Meaning. Just an interesting read from the perspective of a Jewish psychiatrist in a concentration camp with coping mechanisms of an experience like that.

Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics - Explains Hitler's mindset and motivation in a relatively objective way.

Almost anything by Norman Mailer. He's twisted and brutal in his writing but it's pretty epic.


Almost anything by Kurt Vonnegut.


Dawkins - The Selfish Gene


I, Claudius (I like good historical fiction. The 2nd book was crap though.)


Too many to list and I can't narrow it down at all.

[Bobby Six Killer]

The moon palace - Paul Auster

[alfieb]

Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is probably my favorite.

The first person to say "Mein Kampf" with sincerity gets a massive eyeroll from me.

[Caismeachd]

I couldn't finish Mein Kampf. Just didn't hold my interest. If you're interested in WW2 though I suggest that book Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics. It explains his motivation in a way other WW2 books don't really touch on.

[heygum]

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

[Óttar]

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[Farah]

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[archangel]

lotr books and also silmarillion

[Scholarios]

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[Methmatician]

I don't really have a favourite book, but 'The Prophet and the Art of Peace' has interested me lately.

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[Linet]

Most favortite of all ...
Eolean earth of Ilias Venezis
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and then..
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and...

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....well i actually love all of Feists books but my favorites are the "Riftwar Saga" :love0031:

[Heart of Oak]

The Lion, The witch, And The Wardrobe, of coarse...
and Treasure Island, of coarse...

[AlexandraD]

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i LOVE yukio mishima! his life is also basically a story in and of itself too :P

[Scholarios]

i LOVE yukio mishima! his life is also basically a story in and of itself too :P

Certainly. Have you seen the biopic?

[Austo]

I couldn't finish Mein Kampf. Just didn't hold my interest. If you're interested in WW2 though I suggest that book Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics. It explains his motivation in a way other WW2 books don't really touch on.

Its a interesting book, i read the whole.

[AlexandraD]

Certainly. Have you seen the biopic?

no but that actually sounds quite interesting, what is it called? i'll have to search it up/download it somewhere. i've researched him alot, he lived an interesting life. read alot about his modelling and not-so secret homosexuality. (his attempted coup goes without saying, its interesting how nationalistic he could be)

i've been meaning to read more of his stuff, if i recall when i was much younger i read a book... oh gosh, i think it was about two lovers and their suicide? or something to do with suicide. it was very good but im sure i would 'understand' his stuff better now at my age.

[Hochmeister]

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The fantasy by Andrzej Sapkowski (the Witcher) and Roger Zelazny (Amber chronicles) rule! :thumb001:

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Too bad, they created a stupid game about the Witcher :picard2:

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...the same blasphemy as the screening of the Lord of Rings (thanks God I had read theses books in childhood, before I saw the movie).

[Linet]

Amber Chronicles? :blink:
The witcher? :shocked:
....why i dont know those books :book2:? I suppose they are fantasy books?

[Hochmeister]

Amber Chronicles? :blink:
The witcher? :shocked:
....why i dont know those books :book2:? I suppose they are fantasy books?

Yes, fantasy, but an adult version, with excellent humour and serious philosophy.

[Linet]

Yes, fantasy, but an adult version, with excellent humour and serious philosophy.

I am an adult :eusa_eh:

[The Alchemist]

The book which saved my life:

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[Hochmeister]

I am an adult :eusa_eh:

I don't mean you :p
I'd say, the Lord of Rings isn't "adult" book, it's too romantic and childish; probably I wouldn't give Sapkowski and Zelazny to the teens under 18 YO.

[Scholarios]

I don't mean you :p
I'd say, the Lord of Rings isn't "adult" book, it's too romantic and childish; probably I wouldn't give Sapkowski and Zelazny to the teens under 18 YO.

I feel the need to defend philosophy of Tolkien:cool:

[TheMagnificent]

I like the dystopian worlds created in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, but Orwell's allegorical work Animal Farm is also one of my favorites.

[Hochmeister]

I feel the need to defend philosophy of Tolkien:cool:

Well, Tolkien encoded a lot of massages into his works, using Medieval symbolism of Europe. That's an epic and very beautifully masterpiece, inherent in the classical literature by a British gentleman. That's a great book, overwhelmed with a pure nobility.
The Tolkien's hero is a chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.

On the other hand, there is severe life in the books by Zelazny/ Sapkowski, that is a serious fantasy. The romantic knights turn cynical playboys, fair princesses turn depraved loose women and effulgent Camelot becomes a gray and merciless Big Apple.

Tolkien creates cloud castles, while Zelazny and Sapkowski ruin them.

[panzertango]

i've been meaning to read more of his stuff, if i recall when i was much younger i read a book... oh gosh, i think it was about two lovers and their suicide? or something to do with suicide. it was very good but im sure i would 'understand' his stuff better now at my age.

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Definitely my favorite book is

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I´ve read it more than a dozen times.

Few of them more:

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[Midori]

''Call of the wild'' by Jack London.

Also ''Tom Sawyer'' isn't far behind.

[Caismeachd]

This was a classic. I read it when I was 11 or 12, years before I ever saw the movie. The book is cool compared to the movie because it describes the mental patients hallucinations and freak outs and so on like vivid acid trips. Well, I guess that would be cool to an 11 or 12 year old.

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I read this when I was probably 7-9. Id, Ego and Super-ego It was my favorite for a long time when I was little. I saw both the movies afterwards and liked them.

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Also Call of the Wild. That was a classic as well. I had a fancy illustrated version of that book as well as well as Moby Dick when I was just a kid (never finished Moby Dick).

[evon]

Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams..maybe also Norwegian wood and Kafka on the shore by Murakami..

[Kazimiera]

Where to start?

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow - Peter Høeg
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Most of Jane Austen
Story of O - Pauline Reage
I love Anais Nin

[Caismeachd]

I read Smilla's Sense of Snow before. It's weird that it was written by a man.

[jeeven]

Last night i have completed my sleeping book that was Dragon Over Washington. I never seen before interesting like that it is about strange magical beings arriving in our world and starting what appears to be a great war to conquer it for their own use. Dragon Over Washington is the first book of what appears to be a very interesting series which sports a plotline not readily seen in other books.

[Heart of Oak]

Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams..maybe also Norwegian wood and Kafka on the shore by Murakami..

Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, is one of this milliniams best sellers...
Douglas Adams should be given the O.B.E. for "the resturant at the end of the universe" Its twice as funny as the h. h. guide t t galaxy...:p

[bella1407]

The master and Margarita.

[TheMagnificent]

I like the dystopian worlds created in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, but Orwell's allegorical work Animal Farm is also one of my favorites.

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The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

[12345]

The Rabbit series of novels by John Updike. He returned to the character in a series of 10-year intervals, so the character aged with the author. I think Rabbit Angstrom is the most completely realised fictional character I have ever read.

[Permafrost]

''Call of the wild'' by Jack London.


Yes, it's beautiful, nearly every single page of the book is thrilling. Additionally it has amazing motifs, like pursual of freedom and bereavement of "civilization", I truly lost myself while reading it.

Same goes for White Fang.

[Germanicus]

My favourite all time fictional book is "Giri" by Marc Olden.

[AllieRae]

The Game of Thrones series are very addictive, halfway through them at the moment and can't put them down!

[Vasa]

Röde Orm.

[Ultra]

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. Great book. Probably or rather for sure the most entertaining book/story I've read in my life. Everyone I met and in my family thinks the same. :D


Also from what I've heard it's a success in every country it's been published in. Highly recommended book. :)



English cover.

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Swedish cover.
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:)

[Gorštak]

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[Dombra]

Lets say midnights children

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[Maximum Speed]

The house on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson

[gregorius]

Books are for lame and silly people

[Not a Cop]

Brave New World, best of antiutopical books without any doubt, but animal farm is close.

The books of Strugatsky brothers.

It's Me, Eddie by Edward Limonov.

Diaries of Adrian Mole, not the best books in history, but during my early teens it was very good.

[Scholarios]

Brave New World, best of antiutopical books without any doubt, but animal farm is close.

The books of Strugatsky brothers.

It's Me, Eddie by Edward Limonov.

Diaries of Adrian Mole, not the best books in history, but during my early teens it was very good.

Limonov is a damned genius.

[Smeagol]

Lord Of The Rings, and The Hobbit.

Gone With The Wind.

[Mikula]

Name of the Rose by Umberto Ecco

Another favorite authors of mine were/are:

J.R.R. Tolkien
Mika Waltari
Karel Čapek
Jules Verne
Jack London
Robert Holdstock
Ota Pavel
Anatoly Rybakov
Jerome Klapka Jerome

[Scipio Africanus]

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Krabat - Otfried Preussler
American Tabloid - James Ellroy

[Artek]

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
I remembered it as a quite heavy book but I enjoyed it, anyway ;D

As for my choices:
Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Trial by Franz Kafka

[Scipio Africanus]

I remembered it as a quite heavy book but I enjoyed it, anyway ;D

Is true, it is a small book but intense :)

[Belenos]

Very difficult to answer... I would say :

- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- Crime and punishement by Dostoievsky

[Azafell]

My most favourite would be Sartre - "Nausea". The others are too many to list, honestly...Herman Hesse's "Steppenwolf", Lovecraft's stories, all Tolkien books, Kafka's fragments and stories, Herbert Wells' novels and so on...

[Seraph of the End]

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Lord of The Rings (1,2,3) - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Hamlet - William Shakespeare

It's hard to choose just one >.<

[SkyBurn]

Anna Karenina - Tolstoy
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Atonement - Ian McEwan

[Caismeachd]

Joseph Conrads books are a bit dull (most classic literature is) but his mastery of English was really incredible. He is interesting to read if only for that.

[michelle]

Top five in no particular order:

Life Is Elsewhere -Kundera
Death in Venice -Mann
100 Years of Solitude -Marquez
Report to Greco -Kazantzakis
Notes From Underground -Dostoyevsky

[VictriX]

Very difficult to answer... I would say :

- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- Crime and punishement by Dostoievsky
Although I don't find "Crime and Punishment" the best work by Dostoevsky, still it made me think that our school literature can be sometimes good. As for "Madame Bovary", I didn't like the style of Flaubert's writing. I don't say it is bad or anything, but definitely, it's not my cup of tea.
And, yes, to answer is very difficult. Speaking about myself, I would mention
"Golem" by G. Meyrink
"La Bas" by J.-K. Huysmans,
"Master and Margarite" by M. Bulgakov,
"Baphomet" by P. Klassowsky,
Short stories by E. Poe,
"Liber Aleph" by A. Crowley,
"Demons" by F. Dostoevsky,
"The Man Whom the Trees Loved" by A. Blackwood (it was just so weird),
"The She-Devils" by Barvey D'Aurevilly
"Human, All Too Human" by F. Nietzsche
"The Flowers of Evil" by Ch. Baudelaire...
And I think I need to stop even if I would like to say something else )

[Smeagol]

1: Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit, and the Silmarillion.

2: Gone With The Wind

3: Don Quixote

[Merida]

I love Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.
Then I've really enjoyed 'The Catcher in the Rye', 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time', '1984' and 'A Streetcar named Desire'.

[Felix Volkbein]

Henry de Montherlant, Les Jeunes Filles tetrology
Ernst Jünger, Eumeswil
Ernesto Sábato, Sobre héroes y tumbas
Federigo Tozzi, Tre croci
Carlo Emilio Gadda, La cognizione del dolore
Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks
Aldo Palazzeschi, Sorelle Materassi
Heimito von Doderer, Die Strudlhofstiege oder Melzer und die Tiefe der Jahre
Alain-Fournier, Le grand Meaulnes
Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Christ and Antichrist trilogy
Julien Gracq, Le Rivage des Syrtes

etc etc.

[Bell Beaker]

Animal Farm, 1984, Lusiads, Message, Memorial do Convento....

[Scrutinizer]

Hmm.... Probably 'Les Miserables'...It's a tough one to answer. :)

[Rædwald]

Lord of the Rings

[0din]

I have many favourite books and authors and here are some notable people with various teachings i recommend.

Helena P Blavatsky
Houston Stewart Chamberlain.
Dr. Jorg Lanz von Liebenfels
Guido Von List
Jacob Grimm
Arthur de Gobineau
Sir Francis Galton
Alfred Rosenberg
Adolf Hitler
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Ian Kershaw

I think Ian Kershaw's two volume epic of Adolf Hitler titled Hubris & Nemesis is a very worthwhile read and although I find the author does try to remain somewhat neutral for the most part
it is quite clear that his allied bias shines through in some parts.

(note: if you plan on reading this get the full two volume edition as a there is now a one volume abridged version but doesn't quite pack the same punch in my opinion. )

[Guapo]

Plsayboy magazine whatev

[Mortimer]

Grimms Tales

[Jacques de Imbelloni]

So far, would be Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

[Piccolo]

Don Quixote, but I have not read it in a very long time.

[Gustave H]

Mein Kampf. Tis the best book ever.

[Desaix DeBurgh]

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[Desaix DeBurgh]

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Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands of readers to rethink their beliefs about life. In his internationally bestselling, now classic volume, The Selfish Gene, Dawkins explains how the selfish gene can also be a subtle gene. The world of the selfish gene revolves around savage competition, ruthless exploitation, and deceit, and yet, Dawkins argues, acts of apparent altruism do exist in nature. Bees, for example, will commit suicide when they sting to protect the hive, and birds will risk their lives to warn the flock of an approaching hawk.
...



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[Prince Of Macrobia]

Hiding in Plain Sight, from Nuruddin Farah.
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is a novel about family, freedom, and loyalty.

[Heart of Oak]

My Favourite Book has to be "Johnathon Livingstone Seagull" All children should read this and most Adults too...

[staedtler]

So far, would be Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

same:)

[Jacques de Imbelloni]

same:)
To be honest, since I entered to college didn't have enough time to read much literature, especially fiction.

[Mortimer]

When i was 15 i was member of the town library. I enjoyed mainly some sherlock holmes books and legends and sagas, and fairy tales. for example the nibelungen was really good and most similar things about heroes like sigfried von xanthen or dietrich von bern etc. also a good book is The Name of the Rose

[♥ Lily ♥]

The God Delusion by Professor Richard Dawkins, DSc, FRS, FRSL, ethologist, evolutionary biologist, best-selling writer, lecturer in leading universities.

It's great to be free to learn about nature and science.

[Jana]

Winnetou by Karl May.

[glass]

Fyodor Dostoevsky - Demons/Possessed

[Dani Cutie]

My Awakening by David Duke.

[Vasconcelos]

Silmarillion, JRR Tolkien.

I'm a fantasy geek.

[Heart of Oak]

Johnathon Livingstone Seagull....

[Bell Beaker]

Animal Farm, George Orwell.

[Rædwald]

It is a difficult question, the last book I read that I thoroughly enjoyed was Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

[Prisoner Of Ice]

The Count of Monte Cristo

[Desaix DeBurgh]

The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims by Arthur Schopenhauer

Some of the stuff, in this collection of essays, is obviously outdated but most of it isn't IMO. I like it because it is more pertinent to everyday life and less abstruse etc.. than his other work The World as Will and Idea

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[Itarildë]

Lord of the Rings - J R R Tolkien
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulkes
His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
.... I could go on.

[David Slatič]

Brav New World by Aldous Huxley. This book is so beautifully written and it continus to blow me away each time I read it. I tear up just thinking about it.

[Brianna]

It's hard to pick just one. "The Catcher in the Rye" really hit close to my emotional home when I read it in high school. I changed since then, but I kept some of my angst. It changed and grew to fit the times.

[Brianna]

Brav New World by Aldous Huxley. This book is so beautifully written and it continus to blow me away each time I read it. I tear up just thinking about it.

Spielberg will produce a television series based on it. His movie success is much greater than his TV success, so we'll see how it goes.

[Jägerstaffel]

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty.

Fantastic book by a crematory operator with a sense of humour and an interest in reforming the western aversion to death.

[♥ Lily ♥]

Les Fleurs du Mal
by Charles Baudelaire

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The Satanic Bible by Dr. Anton Szandor LaVey
(Musician and founder of the elite Church of Satan):rose2:

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[alb0zfinest]

Any book that has lots of pictures in it.



































































:laugh:

[Kazimiera]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

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[Mortimer]

just ordered the chinese novel three kingdoms

[Kazimiera]

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty.

Fantastic book by a crematory operator with a sense of humour and an interest in reforming the western aversion to death.

I would LOVE to read this book! Was it any good?

[Dylan]

Father's and Sons. Turgenev. I've only read the English language version, I'm working on my Russian so that I can read the original version.

[Alessio]

Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy''

[Katariina]

East of Eden was great. "Much Ado..." is good so far, reading it currently and. I am so in love with Beatrice. She's a literary gem.

[Linet]

East of Eden was great. "Much Ado..." is good so far, reading it currently and. I am so in love with Beatrice. She's a literary gem.

You liked East of Eden? :twitch: .....i couldnt sleep for 2 nights after i read it, my worse book ever :fear:

[Katariina]

You liked East of Eden? :twitch: .....i couldnt sleep for 2 nights after i read it, my worse book ever :fear:

Yeah, there were some graphic scenes in that book (the one about Lee's mother...oh God :icon_eek:) but I loved the idea that Steinbeck was trying to convey about good and evil and choice.

[Linet]

Yeah, there were some graphic scenes in that book (the one about Lee's mother...oh God :icon_eek:) but I loved the idea that Steinbeck was trying to convey about good and evil and choice.

I especialy hated the ending :grumpy: ...why the baby to be dead , why? :cry2

[Óttar]

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LaVey is a plagiarist. You should read the originals, Aleister Crowley and Ragnar Redbeard. :coffee:

This book is phenomenal. 1,000 pages of painstaking historical detail, sex, violence, blood, and gore. Gary Jennings researched this book for 10 years. A Masterpiece. It was so good, when I finished I had a moment of silence.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VHJWi%2BQ2L._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

[Curiosity]

It was probably "O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo" (The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_Jesus_Christ)) - José Saramago.

http://livre-se.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/O-evangelho-segundo-jesus-cristo.jpg

[Iloko]

Meditations On First Philosophy, by Rene Descartes

[mazikeen]

I can't choose one...

Silmarillion - Tolkien
A confederacy of dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Foundation Saga - Isaac Asimov

[katniss]

Netocka Nezvanova - Dostoyevsky

[Lawalye]

The new testament.

[Peter Nirsch]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b289/Elemental402/satan-was-a-lesbian-.jpg

[Peter Nirsch]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/Karnella/mooseloosepoops.jpg

[Kazimiera]

...


...

Hilarious! They'd do very well in this thread: http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?117557-40-Worst-Book-Covers-and-Titles-Ever

There are some pretty bizarre titles out there! :lol:

[Peter Nirsch]

Hilarious! They'd do very well in this thread: http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?117557-40-Worst-Book-Covers-and-Titles-Ever

There are some pretty bizarre titles out there! :lol:


Thank you for the interesting thread, I will post some pics there to enrich the list of covers

[Linebacker]

Its a very old military drama

http://mp3-kniga.ru/bibliofil/img/kataev-solntsev.jpg

[Charles Bronson]

My favorite Book.

http://i57.tinypic.com/a9n0nn.jpg

[i'llseeyouinhell]

https://martaorhector.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/1984-by-opallynn-d4lnuoh.jpg

[Lestat-De-Lioncourt]

My favourite book...
Well, of course " Interview with the Vampire ".
But i love so many books.

[Charles Bronson]

I read this books:

-Son Kahramanlar(Recep Sükrü Apuhan)
-Osmanli Imparatorlugu Tarihi(Siar Yalcin)
-Osmanli Tarihi(Ahmet Efe)
-Daragacinda Üc Fidan(Nihat Behram)
-Destanlasan Canakkale(Mustafa Turan)
-Canakkale Gecilmez(Recep Sükrü Apuhan)
-Tek Adam(Sevket Süreyya Aydemir)
-Bu Vatan Böyle Kurtuldu(Erol Mütercimler)
-Atatürkün Liderlik Sirlari(Yüksel Mert-Cengiz Acikgöz)

http://i63.tinypic.com/2rm155l.jpg

[ChristinaLadyBug]

BOOK OF THE DEAD: THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF ZOMBIE CINEMA by Jamie Russell

[Kazimiera]

"Das Parfum"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/a/a4/Parfum_Sueskind_Cover_Diogenes.jpg

[barkoo]

Probably "Voyage au bout de la nuit" a masterpiece stylistically and narratively by Louis Ferdinand Celine

https://media.senscritique.com/media/000000018854/source_big/Voyage_au_bout_de_la_nuit.jpg

And "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole, for anglophone.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Confederacy_of_dunces_cover.jpg

[magyar_lány]

My favourites:

Orhan Pamuk: My Name Is Red

Sándor Szathmári: Kazohinia

Philip K. Dick: The Man in the High Castle

Ismail Kadare: The Siege

Heinrich von Kleist: Michael Kohlhaas

[Pennywise]

Mein Kampf. Changed my life.

[frankhammer]

One of my old favourites is Robert Ludlum's Holcroft covenant.

[♥ Lily ♥]

One of my favourites.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51TESWAJD2L._SX277_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

[Fincher]

Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Celine)
The Plague (Albert Camus)

[Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik]

Would have to be Mein Kampf.

FOR HISTORICAL REASONS OF COURSE

[YashiroNanakase]

https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9780894101991-us-300.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Scawdnk4buk/TdgYbTleNQI/AAAAAAAAAw0/mwsQeo_qjlc/s1600/le_rouge_et_le_noir.jpg

http://www.navaar.ir/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/155449-gf.jpg

[KMack]

Non Fiction
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51SW7lbE4jL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51eJ9f-eDwL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

Fiction and sometimes bordering on reality, anything by Michael Crichton RIP.
http://www.michaelcrichton.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/book-stateoffear.jpg
He was always so far ahead of everyone else, called environmentalism a religion long time ago.

http://www.saltmanz.com/pictures/albums/Cover%20Scans/Book%20Covers/Jurassic%20Park.jpg

[AphroditeWorshiper]

http://www.virtualgala.com/books/98/imgs/IMG_98_190_11.jpg

http://homoliteratus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/iracema-jose-de-alencar.jpg

[Hadouken]

Men's Health

[UkrainianGirl]

Bible.

[Herr Abubu]

LotR. Have a lot of good memories reading that as a child. And Brothers Karamazov maybe?

[Tschaikisten]

this is better
WE WUZ GOTHS AND SHIIET
(http://bosanska-rijec.com/biblioteka-paradigme/goti-u-bosni-detail.html)
http://bosanska-rijec.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/Goti%20u%20Bosni.jpg

[Herr Abubu]

WE WUZ GOTHS AND SHIIET
(http://bosanska-rijec.com/biblioteka-paradigme/goti-u-bosni-detail.html)
http://bosanska-rijec.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/Goti%20u%20Bosni.jpg

dayum nigga i think thats my bosnian grandpa on the cover where did u get his picture mayne

[Tschaikisten]

dayum nigga i think thats my bosnian grandpa on the cover where did u get his picture mayne

It's pic from New Year 2015 celebration in Sarajevo, capital of ghotiya and herzegovina.
Gothic princes
https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14192015_1080223892054362_2590224303385992446_n.jp g?oh=3cbac192f6952aaa2f9eb6a0bb89a201&oe=58E9247F

[Herr Abubu]

It's pic from New Year 2015 celebration in Sarajevo, capital of ghotiya and herzegovina.
Gothic princes
https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14192015_1080223892054362_2590224303385992446_n.jp g?oh=3cbac192f6952aaa2f9eb6a0bb89a201&oe=58E9247F

i miss madhër bosnië now :cry

[WillyWonka]

1984 by George Orwell.

[Thilo_88]

Lord of the rings, represents perfectly our current situation in the world

[Eulalia]

My favourite is The Little Prince. But now I’m currently reading my reference list lol. I've been running down all the papers needed for my college assignments. When I'm done with it I’ll read Wonder by R. J. Palacio one of 2017 bestsellers

[Teutone]

The holy Bible first and foremost

Besides that the dark tower series of Stephen King

[Pphane]

Harry Potter books hehe and Atlas Shrugged all parts

[♥ Lily ♥]

Jim Morrison, The Lords and The New Creatures

Intense, erotic, and enigmatic, Jim Morrison's persona is as riveting now as the lead singer/composer "Lizard King" was during The Doors' peak in the late sixties.

His fast life and mysterious death remain controversial many decades later.

The Lords and the New Creatures, Morrison's first published volume of poetry, is an uninhibited exploration of society's dark side -- drugs, sex, fame, and death -- captured in sensual, seething images. Here, Morrison (listed as one of the 100 greatest singers of all time) gives a revealing glimpse at an era and at the man whose songs and savage performances have left their indelible impression on our culture.

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJ7mc4BaHBgGeBtakqsb9OzsT0hLDG7 h4UcjAZOJL8fmufb2da

[♥ Lily ♥]

An enlightened plea for "Universal Awareness" envelopes a unique added perspective to written thought projections originally cast by one of Americas most recognized Rock Icons, Jim Morrison.

A "Heady Trip" that is intense, erotic & enigmatic. "Beyond The Lords & The New Creatures takes a concept of an ever expanding awareness through a poetic realization of a current declining "World Way" fueled by excepted greed, selfishness, war, the arts & death.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/ASIDigitalAssets/00/00/13/16/30/Cover_m.gif

[♥ Lily ♥]

Here are the poems, diary entries, drawings, and photographs of the dark angel of rock 'n' roll, Jim Morrison. It's one of numerous books on the iconic and influential legend.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-9BZf_wZunNiRJdLZIJlFIUNvJY2XIMtJVkH-WGaJ9nsJqloK
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_hN682Brk4psHMvCN-LLV1vMCpKjDGP5gGtSCNhy-3D1Qb_R-

Jim was a Shaman who would often perform Shamanistic Amerindian dances on-stage inbetween singing to large audiences. He stated in interviews that the spirit of a dead Amerindian man entered him at age four after witnessing a crash.

'Dead Indians scattered and bleeding along Dawn's highway... ghosts crowd the young child's fragile egg-shell mind.' (A reference he made in several songs.)

The Doors movie also shows the impact of the Shaman Amerindian on Jim throughout his short but eventful life.
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQcJQXHh1YLDt5C1FdtZtz5uog80TZ-DttUgea_v33Z4chW5H5V


William Cook has written an admirable analysis of Jim Morrison’s poetry, taking us far beyond the sophomoric judgments of most music journalists and critics.

- David Shiang, President at Open Sesame Marketing & Communications, also Sales & Marketing Consultant to the Big Data Consulting marketplace Experfy at the Harvard Innovation Lab, and generally recognized as the world's leading authority on Jim Morrison and The Doors.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51lzEmYtMIL.jpg

[Morena]

The Never Ending Story is the book that got me into fantasy and speculative fiction.

[Meerkat]

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin.

I should read it again soon.

As for non-fiction, I really liked Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine.

[StonyArabia]

Thirteenth Tribe

[Larali]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/48/57/fa/4857fa6dde132ee371c9334226cabeef.jpg

That was my favorite book as a kid (in addition to the Little House series)

And there are several books I own about my family and local history that I treasure :)

[Pacific Highlander]

https://kbimages1-a.akamaihd.net/a7ae2a29-6ec3-4d62-af35-a8b9fbb642ba/353/569/90/False/the-return-of-the-king.jpg

[Batavia]

One of my favourite books is "The Will to Power" from Nietzsche.

[Aspirin]

Conan Doyle books. Especially The Lost World.
https://i2.wp.com/www.thevrtales.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/618QxVKX8QL.jpg

[Joso]

Conan Doyle books. Especially The Lost World.
https://i2.wp.com/www.thevrtales.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/618QxVKX8QL.jpg

I like Arthur Conan Doyle too, specially Sherlock Holmes

[StevenTylerAerosmith]

i don't read much books...takes too long and most books are boring anyway

[Kazimiera]

What I like about this thread is that there are still people who read and enjoy reading.

[Kazimiera]

i don't read much books...takes too long and most books are boring anyway

That isn't something to be proud of.

[StevenTylerAerosmith]

That isn't something to be proud of.

y spend 15 hrs reading a harry potter book when u can watch the movie in 2.5?

[Kazimiera]

y spend 15 hrs reading a harry potter book when u can watch the movie in 2.5?

Watching a movie is watching at someone else's interpretation. When you read the book yourself you build a whole new world in your mind.

[StevenTylerAerosmith]

Watching a movie is watching at someone else's interpretation. When you read the book yourself you build a whole new world in your mind.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ1Rb9hC4JY

[Erebos]

The Stranger, from Camus

[Mens-Sarda]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81DI2yGZbNL.jpg




https://sostenibilesociale.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Valerio-Massimo-Manfredi-I-cento-cavalieri-Mondadori-9788804491170.jpg

The novel L'Ultima Legione inspired the movie "The Last Legion". The movie it's just a pallid imitation with a terrible screenplay, butchered and adapted for the average dumb American audience.

[El_Abominacion]

Animal Farm

[Dna8]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81DI2yGZbNL.jpg




https://sostenibilesociale.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Valerio-Massimo-Manfredi-I-cento-cavalieri-Mondadori-9788804491170.jpg

The novel L'Ultima Legione inspired the movie "The Last Legion". The movie it's just a pallid imitation with a terrible screenplay, butchered and adapted for the average dumb American audience.

if you are into historical fiction, I heartily recommend Conn Iggulden.. He has done a series of novels on the Mongols, Ancient Rome, War of the Roses, and one on Spartans..

[Qamari]

The Doors Of Perception by Aldous Huxley

[Dna8]

The Doors Of Perception by Aldous Huxley

I've always been meaning to read that one..

[Kivan]

If you're talking about "normal" books about stories, romances, etc, then rarely. I prefer to follow a story through movies, series or games. It's way more fun and enjoyable to me. I read, sometimes, books related to my work, and about math/physics to improve my skills. The last i read was this one:
https://images.manning.com/720/960/resize/book/3/46d5fae-d089-4311-bd6d-fdaac450699a/williams.png

[Qamari]

I've always been meaning to read that one..

o it ;) but keep in mind it's an essay before all

[Dna8]

Do it ;) but keep in mind it's an essay before all

Kinda like meta-fiction?

[Qamari]

Kinda like meta-fiction?

Hmmm, no. It mostly consists of spiritual philosophy, however the author gives his point of view without bringing proofs of what he writes. The fact is I liked his point of view and so did numerous people before I. The band The Doors picked their name after this book. I read it in French, and not till the end yet, but the best would be to read it in English

[Dna8]

Hmmm, no. It mostly consists of spiritual philosophy, however the author gives his point of view without bringing proofs of what he writes. The fact is I liked his point of view and so did numerous people before I. The band The Doors picked their name after this book. I read it in French, and not till the end yet, but the best would be to read it in English

Cheers for the info

[Arsen_]

Мишель Монтень "Опыты". (Michel de Montaigne "Les Essais")

In my opinion, this book alone can give more for the understanding of human psychology and history of mankind than thousands of other books. At least if you want to get maximum understanding but spend less time and effort, read that book!

[Blondie]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/516XirpnQoL._SX304_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

[Thyrel]

It is hard to say, I am big fan of short, weird fiction stories created by H.P Lovecraft and other british/american authors of british descent. What is more, I love french/belgian comic books series, especially THORGAL, Valerian, Rork, Cromwell Stone.

[roseupshur]

My favorite books will always be the Harry Potter series. Then the Hunger Games, The Magicians, The Book Thief, The Mysterious Story of Billy Milligan.

[Batavia]

One of my alltime favourites is The Will to Power from Nietzsche.

[JamesBond007]

I don't have just one :



Never Ask a Bookworm to Pick Their Favorite Book

Posted July 6, 2018 by Amber in Memes, Reading / 14 Comments
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As a voracious reader, it drives me absolutely bonkers when someone asks me to choose my favorite book. My answer runs the gamut of “Oh, I couldn’t possibly choose.” to “Are you f***ing serious? Have you seen how many books I’ve read the last 12 months?!” Movies are a little easier – you can give a top three that you’d watch over and over again. Books, though? You spend time with books. You build relationships with them.

https://theliteraryphoenix.com/2018/07/06/never-ask-a-bookworm-to-pick-their-favorite-book/

[RenaRyuguu]

Un Lun Dun

China Miéville

[Celestia]

I’m a big post-apocalyptic nerd so the Life as we knew it series are my favorite.

Along with Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

[JamesBond007]

One of my alltime favourites is The Will to Power from Nietzsche.

I prefer Schopenhauer and he talks about the will to but in mostly not a good light. For instance, his conception of a genius is where the will is weak to non-existant :


“Genius is the power of leaving one’s own interests, wishes, and aims entirely out of sight… so as to remain pure knowing subject, clear vision of the world.”--Arthur Schopenhauer

I read one book by Nietzsche. It was "Thus Spoke Zarathustra". I thought it was weird and trippy almost like he wrote on psychedelics or something so that left a bad taste in my mouth and I never read anymore by him.

Anyway, physcists have the highest IQs in all of academia and Schopenhauer influenced them more than any other :



...

Schopenhauer was well read amongst physicists, most notably Einstein, Schrödinger, Wolfgang Pauli,[259] and Majorana.[13] Einstein described Schopenhauer's thoughts as a "continual consolation" and called him a genius.[260] In his Berlin study three figures hung on the wall: Faraday, Maxwell, Schopenhauer.[261]:87 Konrad Wachsmann recalled: "He often sat with one of the well-worn Schopenhauer volumes, and as he sat there, he seemed so pleased, as if he were engaged with a serene and cheerful work."[261]:92

When Erwin Schrödinger discovered Schopenhauer ("the greatest savant of the West") he considered switching his study of physics to philosophy.[262] He maintained the idealistic views during the rest of his life.[261]:132 Wolfgang Pauli accepted the main tenet of Schopenhauer's metaphysics, that the thing-in-itself is will.[2]

...



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer#Influence


I feel like people with lower IQs like Hegel as they can't identify with Schopenhauer. The reason why Hegel is taught in public schools and colleges, rather than Schopenhauer, is because Hegel was a propagandist for the Prussian state. Germany was the first nation to institute mandatory public education with the goal of creating sheeple who all thought a like on certain subjects. So, Hegel would not be a genius under Schopenhauer's system because his writings where not disinterested since he worked for the German state.

[sioned]

Some good books:

Österreich - ein deutscher Sonderfall by Andreas Mölzer
Verloren straat - Louis Paul Boon

[InfamousAngel99]

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

[Incal]

Mmmm... there's quite a few, here are some:

https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386925462l/5752.jpg

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51E5RHWHpaL._SX320_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91SZSW8qSsL.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61cogVwVQ8L.jpg

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51uc7QnZFeL.jpg

[Mr.G]

Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard.

Just kidding :)

[Laly]

Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard.

Just kidding :)

So, what is your real favourite? :)

[RenaRyuguu]

The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick

[Batavia]

A few of my favourites.

https://i.postimg.cc/mhxnDb4X/41.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://i.postimg.cc/FKWNKJBT/42.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://i.postimg.cc/mDK4YWRM/43.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Batavia]

https://i.postimg.cc/CKNnXrKQ/51-OXGM9-Vn3-L-SY413-BO1-204-203-200.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://i.postimg.cc/3wdCjH1Z/614-Vc-BYz-Tv-L.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://i.postimg.cc/t4dL0FGc/81er-Qg-Kfa-S.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[jouissances]

Hell by Lolita Pile

[Incal]

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388432494i/51790.jpg

[Hexachordia]

William Faulkner: Go Down Moses.
Michel de Montaigne: Essays.
William Shakespeare: Sonnets.
Oscar Wilde: De Profundis.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Choosing just one is very complicated, but let's just say that if I had to choose one book to re-read every year at least once, it would probably be Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes. One of the crowning achievements of literature, it always gives me great pleasure to revisit this book. I've always been struck by how easy to read a book written four hundred years ago can be and how up-to-date it can remain.

[HarveySuits]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/516TT+D4DZL._SY445_SX342_.jpg

[Kess]

In the realm of fiction, I'd lean towards 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley as a favorite. Yet, choosing an all-encompassing favorite is a challenge. No single book in the world covers everything, and that's the beauty of the diverse literary landscape.

[sarmsaksogan]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61E7kJ1MuXL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

[Incal]

Preferences about books and almost anything else do vary according to the time, period and maturity: I'm not the same I was ten or twenty years ago... At the moment, I'd say this is my favorite book:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71dTC3uxtfL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

[Victor]

It may sound funny to someone but its LOTR and Hobbit Ive read in 2000.

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[KirillMazur]

It may sound funny to someone but its LOTR and Hobbit Ive read in 2000.
I started reading after the release of the first Jackson film, but never finished reading it even after The Return of the King came out:). Still unfinished to this day.

[Rumata]

As my avatar hints, I appreciate Orwell's 1984 very much. I want the world to be about the opposite to the one described in 1984.

[Victor]

I started reading after the release of the first Jackson film, but never finished reading it even after The Return of the King came out:). Still unfinished to this day.
Also the Adventures of brave soldier Schweik by Hasek and Master and Margarita by Bulgakov in my 13-14 years old


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[KirillMazur]

As my avatar hints, I appreciate Orwell's 1984 very much. I want the world to be about the opposite to the one described in 1984.
Then why don't you like the 90s in Russia?
Complete freedom in almost anything:).
Be consistent.

[thatoneton]

It may sound funny to someone but its LOTR and Hobbit Ive read in 2000.



Great books for sure.

The only irony I find is that if you read what was likely the Tolien's way of thinking when writing those books (LOTR books more specifically) and what kind of inspirations from the real world he took, you will find out that Russians are likely not to be counted among the good guys there.
Which is to be expected as Tolkien was a deeply religious catholic and anti-communist and LOTR was writen during the Cold War.

[thatoneton]

As my avatar hints, I appreciate Orwell's 1984 very much. I want the world to be about the opposite to the one described in 1984.

Another Great book here.

[Gallop]

Crime and Punishment

[thatoneton]

As for me, I liked many books (I disliked even more, but these were mostly not the ones chosen by me to read), but I would like to highlight a couple of great classic books by the Polish authors:

Conrad - Heart of Darkness
Sapkowski - Witcher's stories (Sword of Destiny, the Last Wish)
Sienkiewicz - Trylogy, the Crossers (Krzyżacy)
Żeromski - the Forespring (Przedwiośnie)

[Rumata]

Then why don't you like the 90s in Russia?
Complete freedom in almost anything:).
Be consistent.
I'll try to be consistent ;)

Indeed, what for many people was charming in time of Perestroika (generally disastrous) it was the "smell" of freedom. I think this smell was an important factor to keep the society from craving the Soviet state back. As I see it, the most important parts of the society weren't free at all though. I'm sure the authorities steered the country in the rigid track which led us to where we are now.

Perestroika was an orchestrated chaos.

[Rumata]

I like The Hobbit and LotR as good and highly elaborated fairy tales. I'm not sure if he tried to be political in them. It could well be that he did. So did so many others. Please, let me know if there are facts confirming or disproving this.

[BakersfieldChimp]

Where I come from Kafka is self-help reading.

My answer is '"The Trial"

Here are three "Runner's Up"

Voltaire's "Candide"

Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces"-

A cheat on a cheat- These two novellas are usually bound together and printed as one I re-read them back to back.

Nathaniel West's "Miss Lonelyhearts" and "The Day of the Locust"

[KirillMazur]

I'll try to be consistent ;)

Indeed, what for many people was charming in time of Perestroika (generally disastrous) it was the "smell" of freedom. I think this smell was an important factor to keep the society from craving the Soviet state back. As I see it, the most important parts of the society weren't free at all though. I'm sure the authorities steered the country in the rigid track which led us to where we are now.

Perestroika was an orchestrated chaos.
Agree.
This is a temporary orchestrated false impression of "freedom" as opposed to the orchestrated decline of "late" socialism.
To simplify the legalization of privatization and complicate the return to socialist principles.

[Rumata]

Great books for sure.

The only irony I find is that if you read what was likely the Tolien's way of thinking when writing those books (LOTR books more specifically) and what kind of inspirations from the real world he took, you will find out that Russians are likely not to be counted among the good guys there.
Which is to be expected as Tolkien was a deeply religious catholic and anti-communist and LOTR was writen during the Cold War.
AFAIK, there isn't a direct pointing on about who are "the Russians of LotR" :) Correct me if I'm wrong.
As for indirect ones, I've read this article (https://rbth.ru/read/2405-russkiy-slavyansky-sled-tolkien) on the subject, it's in Russian, and it says the original name of Beorn (a "good" personage) was Medwed, which is the Russian word for bear and which is kinda an unofficial symbol of Russia itself.

In early manuscripts of The Hobbit, the name of the character that would become Beorn is Medwed.
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Beorn#Etymology

Concerning communism, I really don't see how Mordor society were communistic :D
On the other hand the eye symbol of Mordor looks like the Masonic symbol you see on the American money :D

https://mediaex.ru/wp-content/uploads/8/0/6/806ec90559193b77246e95694a255f5c.jpeg

https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-PZydyo82oxyyKn4E-lVjw8w-t500x500.jpg

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces"



What a great nomination, probably one of the most amusing books I've read to date.